Friday, February 1, 2019

So this past month to get into reading because I hadn't read much at the end of 2018, I started off finishing a graphic novel that I had started last year, and that is Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag, and I don't know yet if I will be continuing with this series, but it was a decently good read. I also picked up another graphic novel to also help get me into reading, since Witch Boy didn't exactly do the trick for me - and I ended up being disappointed with the second graphic novel, Mer. Then I finally found two graphic novel series that I absolutely loved, Paper Girls and Amulet. I read the first two volumes in the Paper Girls series, and the first two volumes in the Amulet series. Then I read I Kill Giants, and I thought it was ok. The last graphic novel that I read this month was Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I enjoyed it much more than I did the book which I read a few years ago.

After not being really satisfied by the first two graphic novels that I finished this year, I decided to pick up a shorter story hoping it would help with my reading slump (of YA books). I randomly picked up Patrick Ness's story, And the Ocean Was Our Sky, and although it wasn't my favorite book, it was definitely better than the other novels I had read this year so far.Then I also read two short companion stories. One was The Island by Alison Croggan, a short story in the Books of Pellinor series, and the other wasDead House: Naida Tapes, a short novella following the incidents ofDead House. I am really not a huge fan of the cover for this novella. The last shorter novel that I completed in the month of January was Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire, the third book in the Wayward Children series. There will soon be a review for it - so if you are interested, keep your eyes peeled for that.

Next, I finally pushed myself to finish listening to the audiobook of Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein. This was a really disappointing read because I was really looking forward to this book, and it feel short in so many ways for me. If you want to know more about why this book was such a disappointing read for me, check out my review here. I also listened to one short audiobooks called Girl in the Locked Room.The last audiobook that I listened to this month was Girl at the Grave, which I really enjoyed, and was favorite book this month.

So for the month of February, which I know is the shortest month, I have a handful of books that I am planning on reading/finishing. Since February is the month of love, I would like to focus on reading some contemporaries, starting with two of Kasie West's books that I haven't yet read: Listen to Your Heart and Love, Life, and the List. Along with that, if I am able to get it during February, I would like to read the anthology, Snow in Love, where Kasie West is one of the four authors, along with Aimee Friedman, Melissa de la Cruz, and Nic Stone.I also want to read one of Morgan Matson's books this month, and I am only aiming to read one because I haven't had the best luck with some of her books. I have only finished Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, which I only gave three stars to and then I DNFed Second Chance Summer. I will either be reading Save the Date or Unexpected Everything.Then I would like to finish these three books if I find the time: Eliza and Her Monsters (which is also a contemporary), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and Little Women. I am also going to try to also readSkyward since I failed to complete that last month, which means I will be trying to finish two big books this month in my YA category.

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Hello Everyone, I am Chelsea. I have been reading and reviewing books since 2013... 2014. Not exactly positive what year I started, I know I didn't relly get into it until 2014. I have been blogging since 2014, although this is a new blog. I had issues on my first, just due to it being my first year in college, so I joined up with a friend, and that didn't work at (at now fault to her or me, it just wasn't working out with our schedules and other personal reasons), so I decided that I would start doing it by myself again. I can't give links to either of my previous blogs (since I'm not exactly positive if either are active anymore). I love reading YA, and I'm not against reading anything adult, but I will be keeping this blog (at least in regard to review) solely focused on YA. I will read almost any genre in YA, but I particularly like fantasy, historical fiction, paranormal (I know it's technically fantasy, but I always put it in it's own category), dystopian/apocalyptic, horror/thriller, mystery/crime, sci-fi, and steampunk... so basically anything that isn't realistic or contemproray. :)

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